The Goals of Jimmy Grant told us the story of Jimmy Grant who was a soccer player who later became manager of a soccer
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Hot-Shot Hamish
Hamish Balfour was a good natured giant of a man (6″10) from one of the Hebrides islands off the coast of Scotland, who proved
Football Family Robinson
The story about a lower division side called Thatchem United. All players had to be Robinson family members under the tutelage of Grandma Robinson.
Dan Dare
Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the
Billy’s Boots
Billy’s Boots was a popular British comic strip by writer Fred Baker and artist John Gillatt, later continued by Mike Western. The original Billy’s
Valiant
Fleetway published this weekly boys’ adventure comic for 712 issues from October 1962 to October 1976. During that time, it absorbed Knock-Out (1963), Smash! (1971), TV21 (1972), Lion (1974) and Vulcan (1976), before merging
Scorcher
Scorcher was the name of a football-themed British comic magazine published by IPC between January 1970 and October 1974. Scorcher featured various well-known comic
Roy of the Rovers
Possibly the most famous comic strip footballer of all time started out as the lead strip in Tiger in 1953. He then got his own
Rover
The Rover was the second of the ‘Big Five’, first published March 4th 1922 it ran to 1855 issues, with the last issue (1855)
Plug
This weekly comic from DC Thomson starring Plug from The Bash Street Kids ran from 1977 to 1979 when it was cancelled and turned into a